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enhttp://michiganradio.org/feeds/term/4357/rss.xmlEffort to start new NAACP chapter underway in Grosse Pointehttp://michiganradio.org/post/effort-start-new-naacp-chapter-underway-grosse-pointe
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Plans are underway to start a new chapter of the NAACP in the Grosse Pointe suburbs northeast of Detroit.</span></p><p>Organizers say the new branch will work to promote diversity and tolerance through fine arts programming and youth activities that help forward discussions on diversity and tolerance.</p><p>Greg Bowens, one of the Grosse Pointe residents leading the effort, said some people have been "shocked" at the idea of starting an NAACP chapter in the mostly white community</p>Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:58:58 +0000Rebecca Kruth23530 at http://michiganradio.orgEffort to start new NAACP chapter underway in Grosse PointeDetroit-Grosse Pointe border has a long, tense historyhttp://michiganradio.org/post/detroit-grosse-pointe-border-has-long-tense-history
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">To anyone who's taking a first-time drive, the border between Detroit and the city of Grosse Pointe Park provides a stunning contrast. Grosse Pointe Park is the western-most of the five Grosse </span>Pointes<span style="line-height: 1.5;">. And driving east or west on streets like Jefferson, Charlevoix, and </span>Kercheval<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> will give you a real eye-opening lesson in racial and economic disparity.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">But you cannot drive the main thoroughfare of </span>Kercheval<span style="line-height: 1.5;">. That's because Grosse Pointe Park erected farmer's market sheds right in the middle of the street at the Detroit border.&nbsp;</span></p><p>Mon, 15 Dec 2014 22:15:07 +0000Stateside Staff20239 at http://michiganradio.orgDetroit-Grosse Pointe border has a long, tense historyNeighborhood schools vs. "choice" debate about money, culture, and local control http://michiganradio.org/post/neighborhood-schools-vs-choice-debate-about-money-culture-and-local-control
<p>American public education has a strong tradition of neighborhood schools within locally-controlled school districts. But that&rsquo;s changed in recent years.</p><p>The vast majority of Michigan school districts participate to some degree in what&rsquo;s known as schools of choice&mdash;meaning they&rsquo;ll accept some students from outside their district&rsquo;s borders.</p><p>Now Governor Snyder wants to make schools of choice mandatory. But many people are against that&mdash;including many in the Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe.</p>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:45:40 +0000Sarah Cwiek5037 at http://michiganradio.orgNeighborhood schools vs. "choice" debate about money, culture, and local control